Huafan Professor's Work Featured at Auckland Photography Festival, Showcasing Taiwan's Stage Truck Culture
A photography series titled 'STAGE' by Shen Chao-Liang, chair of the Department of Photography and VR Design at Huafan University, which introduces Taiwan's unique stage truck culture, has been invited to the 2026 Auckland International Photography Festival. It is being displayed as a large-scale lightbox installation at Waitemata Station Square in New Zealand.
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(Central News Agency, reporter Chen Zhizhong, Taipei, June 4) The work 'STAGE' by Shen Chao-Liang, chair of the Department of Photography and VR Design at Huafan University, introduces Taiwan's unique stage truck culture. It has recently been invited to the 2026 Auckland International Photography Festival and is being exhibited as a prominent large-scale lightbox installation in the station square.
Huafan University issued a press release today stating that the 2026 Auckland International Photography Festival, which began at the end of May in New Zealand, brings together photographers, educators, and art industry professionals from around the world. The organizers specifically selected Shen's series 'STAGE,' which has toured numerous countries globally, as the main visual for their promotional materials.
The STAGE series has long documented the mobile song-and-dance trucks and temporary stages found in Taiwanese temple festivals. Through nighttime scenes, lighting, and the landscape of traveling stages, it presents Taiwan's unique folk culture and performance spaces, also echoing this year's Auckland International Photography Festival theme of Movement (Kori).
Shen's work has also been invited for display as a prominent large-scale lightbox installation at the busy Waitemata Station Square. Using a relatively difficult large-format camera during twilight hours in rural wilderness, he captures a surreal context within realism, as well as the 'Taiwanese Transformers' stage trucks that are linked to Taiwan's unique entertainment industry and culture of thanking the gods, leaving audiences amazed.
Huafan University pointed out that Shen is a pivotal curator and renowned photographer in contemporary Asian photography. He has received numerous international awards, including the First Prize in the Professional Documentary Photography Book category at the American IPA and the Sagamihara Photography Asia Award in Japan.
On July 19, Shen will collaborate for the first time with the National Geographic Photography Competition to host a 'Youth Photography Critique Salon,' open to high school student teams, opening new possibilities for visual education. (Editor: Guan Zhongwei) 1150604
Huafan University issued a press release today stating that the 2026 Auckland International Photography Festival, which began at the end of May in New Zealand, brings together photographers, educators, and art industry professionals from around the world. The organizers specifically selected Shen's series 'STAGE,' which has toured numerous countries globally, as the main visual for their promotional materials.
The STAGE series has long documented the mobile song-and-dance trucks and temporary stages found in Taiwanese temple festivals. Through nighttime scenes, lighting, and the landscape of traveling stages, it presents Taiwan's unique folk culture and performance spaces, also echoing this year's Auckland International Photography Festival theme of Movement (Kori).
Shen's work has also been invited for display as a prominent large-scale lightbox installation at the busy Waitemata Station Square. Using a relatively difficult large-format camera during twilight hours in rural wilderness, he captures a surreal context within realism, as well as the 'Taiwanese Transformers' stage trucks that are linked to Taiwan's unique entertainment industry and culture of thanking the gods, leaving audiences amazed.
Huafan University pointed out that Shen is a pivotal curator and renowned photographer in contemporary Asian photography. He has received numerous international awards, including the First Prize in the Professional Documentary Photography Book category at the American IPA and the Sagamihara Photography Asia Award in Japan.
On July 19, Shen will collaborate for the first time with the National Geographic Photography Competition to host a 'Youth Photography Critique Salon,' open to high school student teams, opening new possibilities for visual education. (Editor: Guan Zhongwei) 1150604